A Turkish judge has ruled that Taner Kiliç, the president of Amnesty in Turkey, must remain in prison. The human rights organization has announced this via Twitter on Thursday. Kiliç will certainly be locked until November 7. Only then will the next hearing be on the program.
Kurdish Syrians from the YPG militia will start from July 4 with the departure from Manbij in the north of Syria. The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu declared Thursday. The withdrawal takes place according to a plan that Turkey and the US have made.
30,000 Syrians who have been granted Turkish citizenship are allowed to vote for the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday. That is what Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday, reports the broadcaster NTV.
If the appearance is not deceiving, Merkels `Willkommenskultur 'ends today with the' open borders'. Minister Horst Seehofer (Home Affairs) wants to close the Bavarian border for refugees who have already applied for asylum in another EU country.
The Turkish president Erdogan will re-establish the state of emergency once as president. Erdogan said this in an interview on the TV in the run-up to the 24 June elections.
Turkey has suspended the refugee deal with Greece. The reason is the diplomatic conflict about Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece, reports Turkish media. Turkey demands that these soldiers be extradited.
The Turkish central bank has again substantially strengthened its main interest rate in an effort to stop the free fall of the lira. It is already the third rate hike in two months. At the bank, everything is currently being done to prevent major economic problems in Turkey as far as possible.
The eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece almost two years ago may, more than ever, hope that they will have political asylum. The Greek state radio ERT reported on Wednesday that the highest administrative court has ruled that one of the persons involved must obtain a permanent residence permit.
Turkey has ordered the Israeli ambassador to 'go back' for a while to his homeland. That's what sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara said on Tuesday. The measure is a response to the death of sixty Palestinians through the hands of Israeli soldiers during demonstrations at the border in the Gaza Strip.
The Turkish authorities have arrested dozens of foreigners who would have ties with the terrorist organization IS. Anti-terrorist units in Istanbul met at the same time buildings in thirteen districts, say sources within the police against the Turkish state press agency Anadolu.
Nearly two million Turks have shown their dissatisfaction with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan through social media. The Turks made the word 'tamam' (enough) worldwide trending topic on Twitter.
The American preacher who is trapped in Turkey has defended himself in court. Andrew Brunson called it 'disgusting' and 'shameful' that he is suspected of ties to forbidden organizations.
More than 12 million Turkish pensioners, or 15 percent of the population, can expect a check from the government a week before the parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24th.
The Turkish parliament on Friday agreed to a proposal to hold early elections. Turkish voters are now going to the polls on 24 June to elect a president and parliament, more than a year earlier than originally planned.
Two Turkish opposition members lost their parliamentary seats. The parliament decided to do so after the politicians of the pro-Kurdish party HDP were convicted for various criminal offenses.
Turkish voters go to the polls more than a year earlier than planned. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that premier presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 24 June. The ballot box was actually planned for November 2019.
President Donald Trump has expressed his support for the American preacher who is trapped in Turkey on suspicion of involvement in the coup attempt in 2016.
Turkey accuses Greece of violating international law by not handing out eight Turkish soldiers who, according to Ankara, were involved in the failed coup in 2016.
Turkey is becoming increasingly distant from the European Union. The accession negotiations are therefore still in the refrigerator, but the European Commission does not advise to end the talks in its annual progress report. However, Ankara has to lift the state of emergency 'without delay'.
The American preacher who is stuck in Turkey denies that he has been involved in illegal activities. 'I would never do anything to harm Turkey. I love Turkey, 'said Andrew Brunson during the trial in Aliaga. The court decided to extend his detention on Monday until at least the next session on 7 May, reports the Turkish news channel NTV.
The Turkish secret service MIT brought Gülen supporters to Turkey from eighteen countries. So far it concerns eighty Gülenisten, said the Turkish deputy prime minister Bekir Bozdağ against transmitter Habertürk.
The Turkish government wants to extend the state of emergency once again. That happened six times before since the failed coup in 2016, reports the newspaper Hürriyet.
Turkey, Russia and Iran have promised to make an extra effort to put an end to the violence in Syria and to better protect the civilian population. In a joint statement following summit talks in Ankara, Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rohani called on Wednesday to expand the international community, and especially the United Nations, on aid to Syria.
Greece has called on Turkey to release two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey last month as a gesture of good will.
A Turkish court has issued arrest warrants against eight people, including the spiritual Fethullah Gülen. The authorities already held Gülen responsible for the failed coup in 2016, but according to the state press agency Anadolu, they are now also referring to the death of the Russian ambassador Andrej Karlov.
Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj of Kosovo fired the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of the Secret Service on Friday after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of six Turkish citizens.
Turkey continues to pick people up as a result of the failed coup attempt in the summer of 2016. This time, prosecutors gave orders for the arrest of seventy army officers. They would have ties with the spiritual Fethullah Gülen who, according to Ankara, is behind the coup.
A summit meeting between Turkey and the EU on Monday in Bulgaria, intended to defrost the relationship, threatens to miss its target. Ankara is angry because the 28 EU leaders have sharply criticized the country.
A well-known Turkish singer and actress has been sentenced to ten months in prison for insulting President Erdogan during a performance in 2016.
Turkey gets a firm blow on the fingers of the 28 EU leaders with 'a sharp condemnation' because of provocations in the territorial waters of Cyprus. At a summit in Brussels, the EU declares 'full solidarity with Cyprus and Greece', according to the draft conclusions.
